Mathematics : An illustrated history of numbers
Jackson, Tom
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The thoughts and deeds of great thinkers always make great stories, and here are a hundred of the most significant. Each story relates a confounding puzzle that became a discovery and changed the way we see the world. Here we track the work of history's greatest mathematicians, ancient and modern.
Main title:
Mathematics : An illustrated history of numbers / Tom Jackson.
Author:
Jackson, Tom, author
Imprint:
New York : Shelter Harbor Press, 2012.
Collation:
144 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 28cm.
Series title:
Series:
Ponderables
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780985323011 (hbk)
Dewey class:
510
Language:
English
BRN:
3366739